Justice Kalifulla gave a ride to Justices Gowda and Ghose, while Justice Lokur picked up Justice Joseph on his way to court. Justice Lalit travelled in Justice Chelameswar’s vehicle. The judges are likely to follow this schedule till January 15, till the Delhi government’s odd-even scheme remains operational.

With this, nine judges of the apex court are now carpooling to work.

As reported first by The Indian Express, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur and Justice A K Sikri started carpooling to work from January 4 — the first working day in the top court after the winter break.

It was on January 1 that CJI Thakur and Justice Sikri, while exchanging New Year greetings, had decided to lead by example and carpool for the next 15 days. Justice Thakur has an odd-numbered car, while Justice Sikri’s vehicle is even. The two live close to each other.

The CJI and Justice Sikri are currently on the same bench and they are hearing cases related to rising pollution in the capital. The Supreme Court judges are so far the highest constitutional functionaries to have actively supported the Delhi government’s odd-even policy.

On January 5, the CJI-led bench had refused to lift its ban on registration of diesel SUVs and high-end vehicles with engine capacity of over 2000 cc in the capital until March 31, and observed that automakers will be “in trouble” if there is empirical evidence to show diesel pollutes more than petrol.

Observing that the “polluter pays” principle shall apply to owners of diesel cars, the bench said it will also consider banning registration of diesel vehicles below 2000 cc at an appropriate stage.

Nudged by the court during the hearing Tuesday, the central government also undertook to phase out all diesel vehicles older than 10 years.

Pointing out that the top court is going to sternly implement its directions to control pollution in Delhi, the bench also dismissed a plea by private taxi operators to give them more time to switch to CNG.

HOW IS THE AMOUNT IN DEFAMATION CASE ARRIVED AT?--SOMEONE FILES A DEFAMATION CASE OF 1 CRORE--WHY IT IS 1 CRORE AND NOT 2 CRORE OR 50 LAKH? WHAT IS THE BASIS OF CALCULATION?---IF HE WINS THE CASE IS THE COURT BOUND TO GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OR CAN IT BE REDUCED?

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Hemen Parekh

Jan 7, 2016 at 5:26 am

Second Cl Citizens ?
If you live in any city other than Delhi , you are a second cl citizen !
At least , the Supreme Court of India seems to think so !
What else can explain its deep concern for the health of Delhi-ites , while choosing to overlook the fact that Diesel Vehicle Pollution is equally damaging the lungs of the lesser beings, living in dozens of other cities ?
Or does SC think that pollution related situation in these other cities has yet not reached a level of alarm ?
Or that time is not yet " ripe " for it to concern itself with future of the children of people living in these other cities ?
Is it possible that SC is waiting for some citizens of these lesser cities to file a PIL ?
May be SC thinks its "Judicial Activism" does not legitimately extend beyond the NCR ?
I fondly believe ( even now ) that for the Common Man of this country , SC is the only real " Maa - Baap " which steps in whenever the Government Officers / MLAs / MPs , fail to take timely decisions to protect the health of its Citizens , everywhere
I still very much believe that SC has , time and again , proved that it is the Court of Last Resort
I hope SC has read in papers ,the figures of AQI ( Air Quality Index ) in other cities
In any case , I hope that , on its own , SC will take SUO MOTO cognizance of this blog and treat it as a PIL to enlarge its recent orders to cover the rest of India !
A WORD OF CAUTION :
If Hon Judges of the Supreme Court were to read the rest of my blogs at ,
,
they may take SUO MOTO cognizance of many and keep aside PILs from Prashant Bhushan / Subramanian Swami !
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hemen parekh
07 Jan 2015
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